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Old 10-05-2010, 11:52 AM
 
Location: Back and Forth FRANCE
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Are you a fan of NASCAR?

1. Drive 200 MPH
2. Slow down
3. Turn left
4. Repeat 500 times

You can probably guess that I'm not.
I am but I am rapidly losing interest like the rest of the country. I'm to the point where i watch the last 5-10 laps.

Sadly with some of these races the crashing is becoming the most interesting thing that happens.

The whole "is this driver going to make it on gas?" is just boring since 98% of the time the driver makes it to the end. I kinda think its a cheap attempt to keep people tuned in to the end.

Oh and some tracks they make RIGHT turns believe it or not.
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Old 10-05-2010, 01:08 PM
 
Location: Charlotte
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Oh and some tracks they make RIGHT turns believe it or not.
They need more of those, and put one in the chase as well.
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Old 10-06-2010, 06:59 AM
 
Location: In a house
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I agree. More road courses would make it more interesting. I'm sure not the fan I use to be. I let my DH keep me up to date more and more now and even he doesn't watch nearly as often as he use to. He would never miss a race years ago but things have definately changed. sigh......
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Old 10-06-2010, 07:40 AM
 
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I always turn down free tickets to go to the KC speedway. I'd probably like it for 15minutes but it's so dang loud and crawling with people and that's just not my scene.

I'm sure if I followed it for a while and got to know more about the drivers etc. it would be fine but I'm just not motivated to make that step.
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Old 10-06-2010, 12:31 PM
 
Location: Back and Forth FRANCE
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I would like to see more road courses. Hopefully the drivers will grow some balls and be able to race in the rain. The amount of bitching the drivers and crews did while trying to race in the rain and on those "special rain towers" was ridiculous.
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Old 10-06-2010, 12:53 PM
 
Location: Charlotte
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I would like to see more road courses. Hopefully the drivers will grow some balls and be able to race in the rain. The amount of bitching the drivers and crews did while trying to race in the rain and on those "special rain towers" was ridiculous.
Not everyone can be a Lewis Hamilton or Kimi Raikkonen.
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Old 10-06-2010, 06:25 PM
 
Location: Back and Forth FRANCE
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I would like to see more road courses. Hopefully the drivers will grow some balls and be able to race in the rain. The amount of bitching the drivers and crews did while trying to race in the rain and on those "special rain towers" was ridiculous.
I meant "tires"
lol i just realized my mistake
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Old 10-06-2010, 06:26 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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LOL, I was trying to make sense of your post and just gave up after a while.
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Old 10-07-2010, 12:18 PM
 
Location: In Phoenix by way of San Antonio
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Im a fan of NASCAR, but thanks alot to ESPN/NASCAR for moving most races to cable. Sundays during the summer where race day for yrs for me after football and basketball. Thanks for alienating your self one step more guys.
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Old 10-07-2010, 12:27 PM
 
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I once once a F1 fan but bascially it now all about the cars and not the racing. Its flat boring as far as racing now. I then changed and like Indy car and NASCAR because of the actual racing.I alos like Moto GP motorcyle racing. To me any raiciong that is competitive thru pout the race is goodonce you learn what is really happening.
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